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Knowledge of the Bedford Area Test Syllabus Democratic and Registration Services Group Bedford Borough Council Borough Hall Cauldwell Street Bedford MK42 9AP (Tel: 01234 276935 Fax: 01234 718392 Email: [email protected])

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TAXI (HACKNEY CARRIAGE) / PRIVATE HIRE CAR DRIVERS’ ENGLISH ASSESSMENT TEST AND KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEDFORD AREA TEST

As of 18 February 2004 (Executive Committee) every applicant applying for the first time for a Taxi/Private Hire Driver’s Licence will be required to successfully show that they have a basic understanding of the English language, knowledge of the Bedford area and driving skills to an appropriate standard. For this there are three separate tests. The English Assessment Test has written and verbal elements to determine that applicants have a basic ability to converse and understand written English. The Assessment will be conducted by an officer of the Council, comprises a total of 7 questions and should last no more than 15 minutes. This requirement will also apply to those applicants who have had a gap in their licence period of six months or more. The result of the Assessment will be communicated to the applicant after the test and then confirmed in writing. Those who fail the English Assessment Test will not normally thereafter be granted a licence. There is no separate charge for this test and applicants can arrange to sit the test by making the booking in person at Customer Engagement Centre, Horne Lane or by contacting the Licensing Team. Tests normally take place on Tuesday mornings beginning at 11am.

Prior to being licensed you must also successfully pass the Knowledge of the Bedford Area Test set by Bedford Borough Council unless exempted on the following grounds: - You have held a Taxi/Private Hire Drivers’ Licence for more than three

years ending no greater than 6 months from the date of application. - You have taken a knowledge test within the last three years. - You are renewing your Taxi/Private Hire Drivers’ Licence (an application

submitted after the Licence has expired is not considered to be a renewal of that Licence).

The Test Specification is set out below, as is the syllabus for the Knowledge of Bedford Area Test. Test sessions will take place at Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, each Tuesday afternoon beginning at 12.00. Bookings for the test should be made through the Main Reception, Customer Engagement Centre, Horne Lane. The fee for the test must accompany bookings for the test. When taking the test, a member of staff will supervise applicants. Marking of questions related to licence conditions will be strictly adhered to; only accurate and unambiguous answers will receive the full marks available.


You are required to bring with you on the day of your English & Knowledge Tests photographic I.D You are advised also that late arrivals will not be tested that day and must re-book. Please also note that the following cancellation charges will apply in respect of the Knowledge of the Bedford Area Test –

Notification within 24 hours – no charge

24 hours not given (or failure to attend) – charge £37.00 It is the intention that tests will be marked and checked and applicants informed in writing of their individual mark by the Friday after the test has been taken. Applicants may telephone the Licensing Service (01234 276943) after 4.00pm on the Friday after the test to be advised verbally of their mark. You attention is further drawn to the fact that from a date to be determined Private Hire and Taxi drivers will have their driving skills assessed when they first seek to be licensed (or have a gap in their licence of six months or more) with those who fail the assessment not normally being licensed. As with any examination, applicants are advised to prepare for the Knowledge of the Bedford Area Test. This may involve reading and re-reading the syllabus, cross checking the syllabus against a map of the roads in the Bedford area, familiarising yourself with the actual roads in Bedford and Kempston and undertaking practice tests with friends, family or colleagues.


KNOWLEDGE OF THE BEDFORD AREA TEST SPECIFICATION

The standard test is a written test comprising four sections and a total of 34

questions. There will be a maximum of one hour for the test and each

question in sections A, B and C carry a maximum of two marks with questions

in section D carrying one mark each. The minimum score to pass the test is

39 marks (65%).

The four sections of the Test are as follows:-

(A) Roads

Fifteen questions in which the applicant is given the names of individual

roads and will be asked to indicate as accurately as possible the

location of the roads. Applicants may describe the location by referring

to adjoining roads or, if necessary, to landmarks.

(B) Places

Seven questions in which the applicant is given the name of a property

(such as Public Houses, Clubs, Schools and/or Hospitals) and again

asked to indicate the location.

(C) Route

Four questions in which the applicant is given the location of roads

and/or places and asked to indicate the most direct route (taking

account of such matters as one-way systems).

(D) Conditions

Eight questions based on the Council’s Taxi/Private Hire Drivers’

Licences and general highway law.


TEST SYLLABUS

The remainder of this document sets out the syllabus for the test for Sections A, B and C. For Section D, the Council’s conditions/ expected standards for Licence holders are set out at Appendix A and B and attached to individual Licences.


BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL SYLLABUS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEDFORD AREA TEST

Core Road Routes – followed by roads leading from the core route AMPTHILL ROAD (Bedford & Kempston) BARKERS LANE, BEDFORD AMPTHILL ROAD ADDINGTON CLOSE ASPLEY ROAD BRUNEL ROAD OMBERSLEY ROAD CHINNOR CLOSE ALTHORPE STREET COLES CLOSE AMPTHILL ROAD DONNELLY DRIVE BUNYAN ROAD, BEDFORD KIMBLE DRIVE CHURCHVILLE ROAD KING EDWARD ROAD COLLEGE ROAD, BEDFORD MOUNTBATTEN PLACE EASTVILLE ROAD ROSEBY WAY HOUGHTON ROAD RIVERFIELD DRIVE MARYVILLE ROAD HUDDLESTON WAY MILLBROOK ROAD WENDOVER DRIVE MUSWELL ROAD BARKERS LANE OFFA ROAD RIDGEMONT STREET ST LEONARDS STREET BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON COSMIC AVENUE LYNTON GROVE FARRER STREET SEXTON AVENUE STUART ROAD SANDHURST ROAD BEATRICE STREET LITTLEDALE STREET MARNE STREET PARK ROAD SILVERDALE STREET ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD THORNTON STREET WALCOURT ROAD THE FINCHES MARLBOROUGH PARK WOBURN ROAD HILLGROUNDS ROAD GURU RAVIDASS LANE KING STREET ASHBURNHAM ROAD FOSTER ROAD HALSEY ROAD MARGETTS ROAD AVON DRIVE, BEDFORD CLEVELAND STREET BUNYAN ROAD LAMBOURN WAY BEDFORD ROAD TORRIDGE RISE TYNE CRESCENT WAVENEY AVENUE BRECON WAY, BEDFORD DOVE ROAD BOURNESIDE BEAULIEU WAY ARUN CLOSE TWEEDSMUIR ROAD AVON DRIVE ASPEN AVENUE ROWALLAN DRIVE BRECON WAY


BRICKHILL DRIVE, BEDFORD CAMBRIDGE ROAD, BEDFORD CURLEW CRESCENT ARKWRIGHT ROAD KESTREL ROAD ASTON ROAD LARKWAY ST MARTINS WAY MERLIN GARDENS TELFORD WAY MALLARD HILL MEADOW LANE ROBIN HILL CAMBRIDGE ROAD ROOKSMEAD HIGH ROAD LINNET WAY EAGLE GARDENS CARDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD GAINSBOROUGH RISE BRICKHILL DRIVE CHETHAMS MARETH ROAD STANNARD WAY BROMHAM ROAD, BEDFORD LOVELL ROAD BEDESMAN LANE BIDDENHAM TURN DUCK MILL LANE BEVERLEY CRESCENT KINGSBROOK ROAD BEVERLEY GROVE RAY’S CLOSE CUTCLIFFE GROVE BARFORD AVENUE WEST GROVE FENLAKE ROAD CONDUIT ROAD ROPE WALK HASSETT STREET LONGHOLME WAY ROISE STREET EASTCOTTS ROAD GREYFRIARS CARDINGTON ROAD ASHBURNHAM ROAD DEEP SPINNEY HURST GROVE CASTLE ROAD, BEDFORD DAYS LANE WINDMILL HILL ALBANY ROAD SHAKESPEARE ROAD ROTHSAY ROAD LINDEN ROAD BOWER STREET UNION STREET DENMARK STREET THE CRESCENT HOWBURY STREET ADELAIDE SQUARE PEMBROKE STREET BROMHAM ROAD YORK STREET DUDLEY STREET GREENSHIELDS ROAD BUNYAN ROAD, KEMPSTON BUSHMEAD AVENUE GEORGE STREET TEMPSFORD STREET PHILLPOTTS AVENUE CONISTON CLOSE CASTLE ROAD THIRLMERE ROAD ELSTOW ROAD BUNYAN ROAD


CAULDWELL STREET, BEDFORD EASTCOTTS ROAD, BEDFORD KINGSWAY ALBURGH CLOSE CAULDWELL PLACE BRAMPTON CLOSE CAULDWELL STREET EASTCOTTS ROAD HIGH ROAD CEMETERY ROAD, KEMPSTON ELSTOW ROAD, BEDFORD GREEN END ROAD HAYNES ROAD CHURCH ROAD BEECHDALE ROAD CEMETERY ROAD CONQUEST ROAD FIRBANK ROAD GROSVENOR STREET CHANTRY ROAD, KEMPSTON HAWKINS ROAD HOPE ROAD CHANTRY AVENUE KELVIN AVENUE ORCHARD STREET KENNEDY ROAD LYON CLOSE PEARCEY ROAD RONALD CLOSE REDWOOD GROVE WOLSELEY ROAD BRACKLEY ROAD BROOKLANDS ARMSTRONG DRIVE TRIUMPH WAY ELSTOW ROAD CHANTRY ROAD CHURCH LANE, BEDFORD ELSTOW ROAD, KEMPSTON CAISTER ROAD SOUTHFIELDS ROAD ARUNDEL DRIVE THE HORNBEAMS PUTNOE STREET ROCKBECK CLOSE ELLIOTT CRESCENT JOWITT AVENUE NEEDWOOD ROAD FARRER STREET CHURCH LANE MARGETTS ROAD SPRING ROAD ORCHARD STREET CLAPHAM ROAD, BEDFORD ELSTOW ROAD, KEMPSTON MANTON LANE CUT THROAT LANE EUGSTER AVENUE, KEMPSTON LINDEN ROAD CLARENDON STREET BARNARD AVENUE SHAKESPEARE ROAD BROOK DRIVE CLAPHAM ROAD DITMAS AVENUE DURLER AVENUE DEACON AVENUE DAME ALICE STREET, BEDFORD EUGSTER AVENUE HARPUR STREET ST LOYES STREET DAME ALICE STREET


FORD END ROAD, BEDFORD GOLDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD HENLEY ROAD ABBEY ROAD WOODSTOCK ROAD CHAPEL CLOSE COVENTRY ROAD GRANGE ROAD CROMWELL ROAD HARVEY ROAD FAIRFAX ROAD RIVERFIELD DRIVE HAVELOCK STREET SANDY ROAD LAWRENCE STREET BROOKFIELD ROAD MARLBOROUGH ROAD PEARMAIN CLOSE NELSON STREET QUEEN ALEXANDRA ROAD RALEIGH STREET ROTHSAY GARDENS WESTBOURNE ROAD THE GROVE HURST GROVE PHILPOTTS AVENUE COXS CLOSE BRADGATE ROAD FORD END ROAD GOLDINGTON AVENUE CAVES LANE TALBOT ROAD FOSTER HILL ROAD, BEDFORD BURY WALK SHUTTLEWORTH ROAD PARK AVENUE ABRAHAMS CLOSE STANLEY STREET POLHILL AVENUE ROFF AVENUE GOLDINGTON GREEN ARGYLL STREET BARKERS LANE CAVENDISH STREET NEWNHAM AVENUE FOSTER STREET DEAN STREET PRINCES STREET GEORGE STREET WELLINGTON STREET DUDLEY STREET FOSTER HILL ROAD DENMARK STREET BOWER STREET HOWBURY STREET GEORGE STREET, BEDFORD BUSHMEAD AVENUE GOLDINGTON ROAD ROSAMOND ROAD RUSSELL AVENUE CASTLE ROAD GREYFRIARS, BEDFORD KINGSLEY ROAD GEORGE STREET ALEXANDRA PLACE HASSETT STREET BECKETT STREET GOLDINGTON GREEN, BEDFORD THURLOW STREET GREYFRIARS BALLINGHALL CLOSE CRICKET LANE GOLDINGTON GREEN HARPUR STREET, BEDFORD BALSALL STREET EAST BALSALL STREET WEST LIME STREET ST LOYES STREET DAME ALICE STREET HARPUR STREET


HARROWDEN ROAD, BEDFORD HILLGROUNDS ROAD, KEMPSTON LOVELL ROAD EMMERTON ROAD WORCESTER ROAD CHAPMAN CLOSE DUCHESS ROAD DENTON CLOSE HARROWDEN ROAD EARLS HOLME HIGH ROAD EGGLESTONE CLOSE FOWLER CLOSE HARTER ROAD, KEMPSTON GILBERT CLOSE GULLIVER CLOSE WILLIAMSON ROAD LOVERIDGE AVENUE HUNTINGDON ROAD MARSHALL CLOSE HARTER ROAD MOBBS CLOSE MORTIMER ROAD NEWBURY CLOSE HAYLANDS WAY, BEDFORD ODELL CLOSE SANDERS CLOSE HERONSCROFT VYNE CLOSE FAIRHOLME BUTLER WAY LEASWAY ELY WAY CHILTERN AVENUE HARTWELL DRIVE MENDIP CRESCENT PRENTICE GARDENS HAYLANDS WAY GULLIVER CLOSE HILLGROUNDS ROAD HIGH STREET, BEDFORD HURST GROVE, BEDFORD MILL STREET ST PAULS SQUARE HOWARD AVENUE THE EMBANKMENT HEALEY ROAD HIGH STREET IDDESLEIGH ROAD PRESTON ROAD QUEENSBURY CLOSE HIGH STREET, KEMPSTON WINIFRED ROAD HURST GROVE COUNTESS GARDENS GALLOWAY CLOSE LODGE AVENUE KEMPSTON ROAD, BEDFORD WYATT ROAD CHURCH WALK PALGRAVE ROAD MOLLY MOORE AVENUE CAULDWELL WALK JUDITH GARDENS DALLAS ROAD KING WILLIAM ROAD BRITANNIA ROAD MANOR DRIVE EDWARD ROAD WATER LANE STAFFORD ROAD BARTRAM CLOSE VICTORIA ROAD HIGH STREET, KEMPSTON WHITBREAD AVENUE KEMPSTON ROAD


KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD NURSERY GARDENS BARFORD AVENUE CARLTON GARDENS FALDO ROAD CROFTON CLOSE FENLAKE ROAD BALMORAL AVENUE CEDAR ROAD ST EDMUND ROAD HAZELWOOD ROAD ST MICHAELS ROAD OAK ROAD ST AUGUSTINES ROAD ACACIA ROAD GLEBE ROAD ST LEONARDS AVENUE PEMBERLEY LANE STATION ROAD KIMBOLTON AVENUE ELSTOW ROAD OAKLANDS ROAD BROOK STREET ELLIS ROAD IVY ROAD PEMBERLEY AVENUE KATHIE ROAD ST ALBAN ROAD MYRTLE ROAD PARK AVENUE ST HELENA ROAD, BEDFORD BRICKHILL DRIVE VULCAN STREET AVON DRIVE LONDON ROAD ROWALLAN DRIVE PUTNOE LANE POLHILL AVENUE LONGHOLME WAY, BEDFORD WINDSOR GARDENS TAMAR ROAD THE EMBANKMENT KIMBOLTON ROAD LONGHOLME WAY KINGSWAY, BEDFORD MANTON LANE, BEDFORD MELBOURNE STREET TURNER WAY KINGSWAY MURDOCK ROAD MANTON LANE LINNET WAY, BEDFORD MARGETTS ROAD, KEMPSTON STARLING WAY FALCON AVENUE GARNITH CLOSE LINNET WAY CATER STREET DUNCOMBE STREET HOWARD STREET SPRINGFIELD AVENUE MARGETTS ROAD


MIDLAND ROAD, BEDFORD NEWNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD ALEXANDRA ROAD NEWNHAM ROAD BATTISON STREET BRERETON ROAD COSTIN STREET NORSE ROAD, BEDFORD GRAFTON ROAD MAITLAND STREET CAXTON ROAD PRIORY STREET HUDSON ROAD RIVER STREET NAPIER ROAD RUTLAND ROAD GLENAVON ROAD WESTERN STREET HAMSTERLEY CLOSE GREYFRIARS POPPYFIELDS PREBEND STREET ASGARD DRIVE MIDLAND ROAD NORSE ROAD MILE ROAD, BEDFORD OLD FORD END ROAD, BEDFORD BERKELEY ROAD CHESTER ROAD BROAD AVENUE CHESTNUT AVENUE LANCASTER AVENUE HAWTHORNE AVENUE MEADOWSWEET DRIVE HONEY HILL ROAD MOOR LANE MARTHAM CLOSE MOWBRAY ROAD HICKLING CLOSE PILGRIMS WAY ORMESBY WAY WINDSOR ROAD OUSELAND ROAD MILE ROAD SAUNDERS GARDENS SHORT STREET ST PAUL’S ROAD MILL STREET, BEDFORD TRINITY ROAD WROXHAM WAY DUKE STREET OLD FORD END ROAD GADSBY STREET HOWARD STREET ST CUTHBERTS STREET ORCHARD STREET, KEMPSTON MILL STREET THE SYCAMORES EATON ROAD NEWNHAM AVENUE, BEDFORD HIGHFIELD ROAD THE BRIARS ROSAMUND ROAD THE ELMS WENDOVER DRIVE THE HOLLIES DEAN STREET THE LINKS CASTLE ROAD THE ALDERS GREENSHIELDS ROAD CHERRY WALK KINGSLEY ROAD LILAC WALK BARKERS LANE ORCHARD STREET NEWNHAM AVENUE


PARK ROAD NORTH, BEDFORD PUTNOE LANE, BEDFORD GLADSTONE STREET DUNVEGAN WAY HARTINGTON STREET NEWSTEAD WAY SALISBURY STREET GREENACRES HILL RISE, BEDFORD ORCHARD CLOSE, BEDFORD PARK ROAD NORTH POPLAR AVENUE CHILTERN AVENUE STANCLIFFE ROAD POLHILL AVENUE, BEDFORD QUEENS DRIVE PUTNOE HEIGHTS HAYLANDS WAY PUTNOE STREET BARNSTAPLE ROAD BRECON WAY DAWLISH DRIVE PUTNOE LANE BRENDON AVENUE SELSEY WAY POLHILL AVENUE PUTNOE STREET, BEDFORD BOWHILL PREBEND STREET, BEDFORD LITTLE HEADLANDS BAMBURGH DRIVE COMMERCIAL ROAD HARLECH ROAD CROWN QUAY MOUNT DRIVE PREBEND STREET CHELTENHAM CLOSE NORTHCOTE PUTNOE HEIGHTS PARK AVENUE, BEDFORD PUTNOE STREET PEMBERLEY AVENUE ST ALBAN ROAD QUEENS DRIVE, BEDFORD ST ANDREW’S ROAD ST AUGUSTINE’S ROAD ARROW LEYS DE PARY’S AVENUE BRAESIDE PARK AVENUE QUEENS CRESCENT CORNLAND MONKSHILL PROGRESS WAY, ELSTOW MOUNT DRIVE OVERDALE HILLESDEN AVENUE, ELSTOW ROUNDMEAD PROGRESS WAY, ELSTOW THE RISINGS VICARS WALK THE GRAYLINGS BOWHILL HAYLANDS WAY QUEENS DRIVE


RIDGE ROAD, KEMPSTON St CUTHBERT'S STREET, BEDFORD HILL RISE, KEMPSTON LURKE STREET IBBET CLOSE GROVE PLACE THE CHASE NEWNHAM STREET RIDGE ROAD ST CUTHBERTS STREET ROFF AVENUE, BEDFORD St JOHN’S STREET, BEDFORD BEACONSFIELD STREET ST JOHNS STREET, BEDFORD PARK ROAD WEST ROFF AVENUE St JOHN’S STREET, KEMPSTON ROPE WALK, BEDFORD ST JOHNS AVENUE THE WINDEMERE ROPE WALK ST JOHNS STREET, KEMPSTON ROWALLAN DRIVE, BEDFORD St LOYES STREET, BEDFORD FOXLEASE ALLHALLOWS LOWTHER ROAD DANE STREET HARRINGTON DRIVE ST LOYES STREET POPLAR AVENUE ROWALLAN DRIVE St MARY’S STREET, BEDFORD SHAFTESBURY AVENUE, BEDFORD DUCK MILL LANE ST MARY’S STREET SHAFTESBURY AVENUE St PAUL’S SQUARE, BEDFORD SHAKESPEARE ROAD, BEDFORD HORNE LANE BYRON CRESCENT HIGH STREET COWPER ROAD ST PAUL’S SQUARE MILTON ROAD TUDOR CLOSE WARWICK AVENUE St PETER’S STREET, BEDFORD SHAKESPEARE ROAD ST CUTHBERTS STREET THE MEWS SPRING ROAD, KEMPSTON ST PETERS STREET ASHDALE AVENUE COLLEGE STREET SPRING GARDENS STONEDALE ROAD WHITTINGSTALL AVENUE SPRING ROAD


TAVISTOCK STREET, BEDFORD TYNE CRESCENT, BEDFORD CHANDOS STREET WANSBECK ROAD QUEEN STREET BEAUFORT WALK WELLINGTON STREET OTTER WAY TAVISTOCK PLACE CARRON ROAD PEEL STREET CONNAUGHT WAY THE CRESCENT DOUGLAS ROAD ADELAIDE SQUARE HAMBLE ROAD HARPUR STREET KENNET RISE TAVISTOCK STREET MARLOW WAY MORISTON ROAD RHINELAND WAY THE BROADWAY, BEDFORD RYTON CLOSE ASHMEAD ROAD FOSTER HILL ROAD WEAVER CLOSE DE PARYS AVENUE WESTROPE WAY THE BROADWAY TYNE CRESCENT THE EMBANKMENT, BEDFORD UNION STREET, BEDFORD NEWNHAM ROAD LANSDOWNE ROAD BUSHMEAD AVENUE TREVOR STREET ROTHSAY ROAD TAVISTOCK PLACE TENNYSON ROAD WARWICK AVENUE ALBANY ROAD UNION STREET SHAFTESBURY AVENUE THE EMBANKMENT WAVENEY AVENUE, BEDFORD TURNER WAY, BEDFORD DART ROAD SEVERN WAY CONSTABLE HILL FALCON AVENUE GAINSBOROUGH RISE AVON DRIVE KNELLER CLOSE WAVENEY AVENUE ROWLANDSON WAY DEESIDE HOGARTH CLOSE TAMAR ROAD TURNER WAY WENTWORTH DRIVE, BEDFORD PUTNOE LANE BIRKDALE ROAD BUCKFAST AVENUE PARKSTONE CLOSE COLCHESTER WAY DOVER CRESCENT BRECON WAY WENTWORTH DRIVE


WEST END, ELSTOW WOBURN ROAD, KEMPSTON ABBEYFIELDS NAYLOR AVENUE WEST END, ELSTOW HARTER ROAD DUDLEY CLOSE POSTLEY ROAD WILLIAMSON ROAD, KEMPSTON WOLSELEY ROAD ABBOTT CRESCENT BALLIOL ROAD CRYSELCO CLOSE CARNELL CLOSE CHANTRY ROAD DENNIS ROAD WOBURN ROAD, KEMPSTON HASTINGS ROAD HOOPER CLOSE LINCOLN ROAD WILLIAMSON ROAD


SYLLABUS FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF BEDFORD AREA TEST

Property/Place Address

BARNS HOTEL AND RESTAURANT CARDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

BEDFORD ASPECTS LEISURE PARK NEWNHAM AVENUE, BEDFORD

BEDFORD ATHLETIC STADIUM BARKERS LANE, BEDFORD

BEDFORD BUS STATION GREYFRIARS, BEDFORD

BEDFORD COLLEGE CAULDWELL STREET, BEDFORD

BEDFORD CORN EXCHANGE ST PAUL’S SQUARE, BEDFORD

BEDFORD COUNTY COURT OFFICES ST PAUL’S SQUARE, BEDFORD

BEDFORD HOSPITAL AMPTHILL, BRITANNIA & KEMPSTON ROADS

BEDFORD MODERN SCHOOL MANTON LANE, BEDFORD

BEDFORD RUGBY UNION GROUND GOLDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

BEDFORDSHIRE & LUTON FIRE & RESCUE SERVICE HQ SOUTHFIELDS ROAD, KEMPSTON

BEDFORDSHIRE PILGRIMS HOUSING ASSOC HQ HORNE LANE, BEDFORD

BOROUGH HALL CAULDWELL STREET, BEDFORD

BUNYAN MEETING CHURCH MUSEUM MILL STREET, BEDFORD

BUNYAN SPORTS CENTRE MILE ROAD, BEDFORD

CAMBRIDGE ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE CAMBRIDGE ROAD, BEDFORD

CECIL HIGGINS ART GALLERY AND MUSEUM CASTLE LANE, BEDFORD

CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU ST PAUL’S SQUARE, BEDFORD

CORN EXCHANGE ST PAUL’S SQAURE, BEDFORD

COUNTY POLICE HQ WOBURN ROAD, KEMPSTON

CUSTOMER ENGAGEMENT CENTRE HORNE LANE, BEDFORD

DALLAS ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE KEMPSTON ROAD, BEDFORD

DAUBENEY MIDDLE SCHOOL ORCHARD STREET, BEDFORD

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY – LANSDOWNE SITE LANSDOWNE ROAD, BEDFORD

DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY – POLHILL SITE POLHILL AVENUE, BEDFORD

DE PARYS HOTEL DE PARYS AVENUE, BEDFORD

EDITH CAVELL LOWER SCHOOL MANTON LANE, BEDFORD

ELMS FARM INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NORSE ROAD, BEDFORD

FIGARO’S RESTAURANT COMMERCIAL ROAD, BEDFORD

GREYFRIARS POLICE STATION GREYFRIARS, BEDFORD

HASTINGSBURY SCHOOL HILL RISE, KEMPSTON

HAZELDINE LOWER SCHOOL STANCLIFFE ROAD, PUTNOE LANE, BEDFORD

KEMPSTON SAINSBURYS SAXON CENTRE, BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON

KEMPSTON SWIMMING POOL HILLGROUNDS, KEMPSTON

KIMBOLTON HOTEL CLAPHAM ROAD, BEDFORD

MAMMA MIA’S ST PETER’S STREET, BEDFORD


MANOR HOSPITAL CHURCH END, BIDDENHAM

MECCA BINGO HALL LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD

MIDLAND RAILWAY STATION ASHBURNHAM ROAD, BEDFORD

MOWSBURY GOLF COMPLEX KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD

OASIS LEISURE POOL CARDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

PRIORY MARINA BARKERS LANE, BEDFORD

Property/Place Address

REGISTRATION OFFICE - BIRTHS, DEATHS & MARRIAGES BRICKHILL DRIVE, BEDFORD

RIOBELLA RESTAURANT ST MARYS STREET, BEDFORD

RIVERSIDE LAWN TENNIS CLUB BRADGATE RD/GOLDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

ROBINSON SWIMMING POOL FOSTER HILL ROAD, BEDFORD

SPRINGFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL ORCHARD STREET, KEMPSTON

ST HELENA RESTAURANT HIGH STREET, ELSTOW, BEDFORD

TAXATION OFFICE, CHAILEY HOUSE CARDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

TENNYSON HOUSE HOTEL SHAKESPEARE ROAD, BEDFORD

TESCO 1 – EAST BEDFORD RIVERFIELD DRIVE, BEDFORD

TESCO 2 – SOUTH BEDFORD CARDINGTON ROAD, BEDFORD

THE BEDFORD HOCKEY CENTRE CHESTER ROAD, BEDFORD

THE BULL PUBLIC HOUSE LONDON ROAD, BEDFORD

THE DEVONSHIRE ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE DUDLEY STREET, BEDFORD

THE DUKE PUBLIC HOUSE CHANTRY ROAD, KEMPSTON

THE EDWARDIAN HOUSE HOTEL SHAKESPEARE ROAD, BEDFORD

THE EMBANKMENT HOTEL THE EMBANKMENT, BEDFORD

THE GRAFTON HOTEL MIDLAND ROAD, BEDFORD

THE GRIFFIN PUBLIC HOUSE BEDFORD ROAD, KEMPSTON

THE HERTFORD HOUSE HOTEL DE PARYS AVENUE, BEDFORD

THE KENT ARMS PUBLIC HOUSE SALISBURY STREET, BEDFORD

THE MILL PUBLIC HOUSE MILL STREET, BEDFORD

THE PARK PUBLIC HOUSE KIMBOLTON ROAD, BEDFORD

THE STUDIO CLUB ALEXANDRA ROAD, BEDFORD

THE SWAN HOTEL THE EMBANKMENT, BEDFORD

THE TIGER MOTH AVON DRIVE, BEDFORD

THE WHITE HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE NEWNHAM AVENUE, BEDFORD

TOURIST INFORMATION CENTRE ST PAUL’S SQUARE, BEDFORD

WOBURN ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE WOBURN ROAD & A421, KEMPSTON


APPENDIX A

BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL

CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO PRIVATE HIRE DRIVERS LICENCES

1. The driver shall immediately on receipt of the licence deliver the same

for retention by the proprietor of the licensed private hire vehicle whilst such driver remains in his/her employ.

2. The driver shall:-

(a) when requested by any person hiring or seeking to hire a private hire vehicle:

(i) convey a reasonable quantity of luggage.

(ii) afford reasonable assistance in loading and unloading.

(iii) afford reasonable assistance in removing it to or from the

entrance of any house, station or place at which he may take up or set down such persons.

(b) behave in a civil and orderly manner and shall take all

reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of persons conveyed in or entering or alighting from the vehicle.

(c) not smoke in the vehicle when the vehicle is available for hire or

in use as such and shall request that passengers in the vehicle do not smoke.

(d) not without the express consent of the hirer drink or eat in the

vehicle.

(e) not without the express consent of the hirer play any radio or sound reproducing instrument or equipment in the vehicle other than for the purpose of sending or receiving messages in connection with the operation of the vehicle.

(f) at no time cause or permit the noise emitted by any radio or

other previously mentioned equipment in the vehicle which he/she is driving to be a source of nuisance or annoyance to any person, whether inside or outside the vehicle.

3.(1) The driver shall not convey or permit to be conveyed in a private hire

vehicle a greater number of persons than that prescribed in the licence for the vehicle.

(2) The driver shall not, without the consent of the hirer of a vehicle,

convey or permit to be conveyed, any other person in that vehicle.


4.(1) The driver shall, immediately after the termination of any hiring of a private hire vehicle or as soon as practicable thereafter, carefully search the vehicle for any property which may have been accidentally left there.

(2) If any property accidentally left in a private hire vehicle by any person

who may have been conveyed therein is found by or handed to the driver, the driver shall

(a) carry it within twenty four hours, if not sooner claimed by or on

behalf of its owner, to a Police Station within the district, and leave it in the custody of the Officer in Charge of the Police Station on his giving a receipt for it.

(b) be entitled to receive from any person to whom the property

shall be redelivered an amount equal to 5 pence in the pound of its estimated value (or the fare for the distance from the place of finding to the Police Station, whichever be the greater) but not more than five pounds.

5. The driver of a private hire vehicle shall, if he is aware that the vehicle

has been hired to be in attendance at an appointed time and place, or he has otherwise been instructed by the operator or proprietor of the vehicle to be in attendance at an appointed time and place, punctually attend at that appointed time and place, unless delayed or prevented by sufficient cause.

6. The driver shall not, without reasonable cause, unnecessarily prolong,

in distance or in time, a journey for which the private hire vehicle he/she is driving has been hired.

7. If the driver is not the proprietor of the private hire vehicle, he or she is

driving, or is in the charge of, when the vehicle is involved in an accident he or she shall report or cause to be reported to the proprietor of that vehicle details of the accident in which the vehicle has been involved, as soon as possible after the occurrence of the accident and at the latest no more than 48 hours after the occurrence of the accident.

8. The driver must inform the Head of Democratic and Registration

Services, Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP in writing, within seven days of any motoring or other criminal conviction which has occurred since the granting of this licence.

9. The driver shall, at all times when acting in accordance with this

licence, wear in such a position, as to be plainly and distinctly visible, the badge issued to him by the Council pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.


10. The Private Hire Driver’s Badge shall be provided by, and at all times

remain the property of, the Council and upon the Council suspending, revoking or refusing to renew this licence, the driver shall, on demand, return the badge to the Head of Democratic and Registration Services, Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP.

11. A medical certificate shall be produced by the driver within seven days

of a request by the Council for such certificate and must do so annually, after attaining 65 years of age.

12. If the driver has knowingly conveyed in a private hire vehicle, the dead

body of any person, he shall immediately thereafter notify the fact to the Council’s Service Manager (Public Health).

13. That Private Hire vehicle being driven shall have signs affixed and

maintained on the nearside and offside front or rear doors of a size and general design as specified by the Council and state only the name, address and telephone number of the operator of the vehicle and the legend “Advance Bookings Only” (unless otherwise exempted).

14. The driver shall at no time advertise his services as a “Taxi”, “Cab”,

“Taxi-cab” or any combination of words or letters, which, when pronounced, would sound similar to such words.

15. The driver of the licensed vehicle shall submit that vehicle to a safety

check when required, on the demand of an authorised officer of the council or police officer and shall produce the vehicle at such place for such a check as may be notified by the officer.

16. Unless otherwise exempted in writing by the Head of Democratic and

Registration Services, the Licensee shall permit to enter the licensed vehicle a dog trained to assist a disabled person when a disabled person is accompanied by such a dog and shall allow the said dog to remain with the disabled person throughout the duration of the journey booked by, or on behalf of, the disabled person; no charge or additional charge shall be made to the disabled person for the carrying of the said dog.

17. The Council reserves the right to vary, delete or waive any of the

foregoing conditions.


APPENDIX B BEDFORD BOROUGH COUNCIL

EXPECTED STANDARDS FOR HACKNEY CARRIAGE DRIVERS

LICENSEES

1. The driver shall immediately on receipt of the licence, deliver the same for retention by the proprietor of the licensed hackney carriage, whilst such driver remains in his/her employ.

2. The driver shall, at all times when acting in accordance with this

licence, wear, in such a position as to be plainly and distinctly visible, the badge issued to him/her by the Council pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.

3. The driver shall:

(a) not smoke in the vehicle when the vehicle is available for hire or in use as such and shall request that passengers in the vehicle do not smoke.

(b) not without the express consent of the hirer, drink or eat in the

vehicle.

(c) not without the express consent of the hirer, play any radio or sound reproducing instrument or equipment in the vehicle, other than for the purpose of sending or receiving messages in connection with the operation of the vehicle.

(d) at no time cause or permit the noise emitted by any radio or

other previously mentioned equipment in the vehicle which he is driving, to be a source of nuisance or annoyance to any person, whether inside or outside the vehicle.

4. The driver shall not, without reasonable cause, unnecessarily prolong,

in distance or in time, a journey for which the hackney carriage he or she is driving has been hired.

5. If the driver is not the proprietor of the hackney carriage he or she is

driving or is in the charge of when the vehicle is involved in an accident, he or she shall report or cause to be reported to the proprietor of that vehicle, details of the accident in which the vehicle has been involved, as soon as possible after the occurrence of the accident and at the latest no more than 48 hours after the occurrence of the accident.

6. The driver must inform the Head of Democratic and Registration

services, Bedford Borough Council, Borough Hall, Bedford MK42 9AP in writing within seven days of any motoring or other criminal conviction which has occurred since the granting of this licence.


7. The Hackney Carriage Driver’s Badge shall be provided by, and at all times remain the property of, the Council and upon the Council suspending, revoking or refusing to renew this licence the driver shall, on demand, return the badge to the Head of Democratic and Registration Services, Borough Hall, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AP.

8. A medical certificate shall be produced by the driver within seven days

of a request by the Council for such certificate and must do so annually after attaining 65 years of age.

9. If the driver has knowingly conveyed in a hackney carriage, the dead

body of any person, he shall immediately thereafter notify the fact to the Council’s Head of Democratic and Registration Services.

10. The licensed vehicle being driven shall have signs affixed and

maintained on the nearside and offside front or rear doors as supplied by the Council which will state “Bedford Taxi”.

11. The driver of the licensed vehicle shall submit that vehicle to a safety

check when required, on the demand of an authorised officer of the council or police officer and shall produce the vehicle at such place for such a check as may be notified by the officer.

12. The Council reserves the right to vary, delete or waive any of the

foregoing conditions.

EXTRACTS FROM HACKNEY CARRIAGE BYELAWS

1. Every driver of a hackney carriage shall:-

When requested by any person hiring or seeking to hire (a hackney) carriage:

(a) convey a reasonable quantity of luggage.

(b) afford reasonable assistance in loading and unloading.

(c) afford reasonable assistance in removing it to or from

the entrance of any house, station, or place at which he may take up or set down such person. 2. The driver shall behave in a civil and orderly manner and shall take all

reasonable precautions to ensure the safety of persons conveyed in or entering or alighting from the vehicle.

3. The driver shall not convey or permit to be conveyed in a hackney carriage a greater number of persons than that specified in the licence.


4. The driver shall, immediately after the termination of any hiring carefully search the (hackney) carriage for any property which may have been accidentally left there.

5. The driver shall, if any property is accidentally left in (the hackney

carriage) by any person who may have been conveyed (in it) is found by or handed to him: (i) Carry it within twenty four hours, if not sooner claimed by or on

behalf of its owner, to a Police Station within the district, and leave it in the custody of the Officer in Charge (at the Police Station) on his giving a receipt for it.

(ii) Be entitled to receive from any person to whom the property shall be re-delivered an amount equal to 5 pence in the pound of its estimated value (or the fare for the distance from the place of finding to the Police Station, whichever be the greater) but not more than five pounds.

6. The driver of a hackney carriage who shall have agreed or shall have

been hired to be in attendance with the (hackney) carriage at an appointed time shall, unless delayed, or prevented by some sufficient cause, punctually attend with such (hackney) carriage at such appointed time and place.

7. The driver of a hackney carriage, when standing or plying for hire, shall

not, by calling out or otherwise, importune any person to hire such carriage and shall not make use of the services of any other person for the purpose.

8. The driver of a hackney carriage plying for hire shall be entitled to

demand and take for the hire of the carriage the rate or fare prescribed by the (Council), the rate or fare being calculated by distance unless the hirer express(es) at the time of the commencement of the hiring his desire to engage by time, when the rate or fare shall be calculated by time on a basis to be agreed between the hirer and the driver at the commencement of the hiring. Provided always that where a hackney carriage furnished with a taximeter shall be hired by distance the driver of a hackney carriage shall not be entitled to demand and take a fare greater than that recorded on the face of a taximeter save for any extra charges authorised (in the current table of fares and charges approved by the Council), which it may not be possible to record on the face of the taximeter.


9. Every driver of a hackney carriage provided with a taximeter shall:

(i) If the taximeter is fitted with a flag or other device bearing the words “FOR HIRE”:-

(a) When standing or plying for hire, keep such key, flag or other

device locked in the position in which the words are horizontal and legible.

(b) As soon as the carriage is hired by distance, and before

commencing the journey, bring the machinery of the taximeter into action by moving the flag or other device, so that the words are not conveniently legible.

(c) Cause the dial of the taximeter to be kept properly illuminated

throughout any part of a hiring which is during the hours of darkness as (referred to in Regulation 101 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 (as amended) made pursuant to the Road Traffic Act 1968) and also at any other time at the request of the hirer.

10. Every driver of a hackney carriage for which stands are fixed by a

byelaw in that behalf shall, when plying for hire in any street and not actually hired:

(a) Proceed with reasonable speed to and station the carriage on

one of the stands. (b) If a stand, at the time of his arrival, is occupied by the full

number of carriages authorised to occupy it, proceed to another stand.

(c) On arriving at a stand not already occupied by the full number of

carriages authorised to occupy it, station the carriage immediately behind the carriage or carriages on the stand and so as to face in the same direction.

(d) From time to time, when any other carriage immediately in front

is driven off or moved forward, cause his carriage to be moved forward so as to fill the place previously occupied by the carriage driven off or moved forward.

11. Every person who shall offend against any of these byelaws shall be

liable on summary conviction to a fine (not exceeding level 2 on the Standard Scale), and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding (level 2) for each day during which the offence continues after conviction therefore.

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